Advertisement5 years later, researchers assess how children exposed to Zika are developingDecember 27, 2021Selena Simmons-DuffinfacebookEmailYaritza Martinez developed a Zika virus infection in 2016 when she was pregnant with her son Yariel, who is now 5 years old. Yariel is enrolled in a long-term study following a group of babies in the U.S. and in Colombia to see how they have been developing. (Meredith Rizzo/NPR)